Gujarat to be discussed in Mumbai: Vajpayee
Naggar (Manali), June 17
Unfazed by the snub he received on Monday, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today stuck to his guns saying “Gujarat” will be discussed at the party’s National Executive meeting in Mumbai next week, an issue on which the Sangh Parivar attacked the BJP leader sharply.

Atal’s statement sets RSS thinking
New Delhi, June 17
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s reiteration today at Manali has put a question mark on the future of the Hinduatva movement with the Sangh parivar showing signs of nervousness.

Norms flouted in allotting prime land in Noida
New Delhi, June 17
A scam involving allotment of 232 acres from the green sector of Greater Noida for setting up of a leisure and amusement park with permission to sell 5 per cent of the total land for commercial use has shaken the Uttar Pradesh Government.

Vahanvati new Solicitor-Gen
Mumbai, June 17
Maharashtra Advocate-General Goolam Vahanvati will be the new Solicitor-General of India, it was announced today. A notice to this effect was issued today by the Union Law and Justice Ministry, Bombay High Court sources said.

Sukhbans Bhinder files papers
Chandigarh, June 17
Accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, former Union Minister Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder, filed her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections from Punjab here today.

Punjab page: Did Ambika help Mrs Bhinder to get RS ticket?

UPA meeting on Budget today
New Delhi, June 17
Tomorrow’s meeting of the ruling United Progressive Alliance is to be a “Budget- specific” exercise which will discuss the broad contours of the new government’s first rail and general budgets.

Natwar-Kasuri China meeting crucial K. Natwar Singh Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri New Delhi, June 17 When the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan have their first face-to-face meeting on June 21 over a working lunch in China, it is bound to provide a lot of food for thought on the ongoing Indo-Pak detente. Nation page: Pak team arrives today Indo-Pak talks on drug trafficking conclude